Kurt Browning Quotes

Breaking the world record in '92 was a very special personal moment, but I'd say my favorite moment as a decathlete was winning the Olympic gold medal.

When you win the Olympics, you hope that the medal that you get, that weight makes it feel like you really earned something.

Adding an Olympic medal to everything that I have already accomplished would be so huge for me.

I wasn't really expecting me to win the gold in this race. To get another medal for myself and for the U.S. was a pretty good thing to happen, I'd say.

The Olympic Gold medal in 1968 was definitely the highest moment of my career. It was a dream come true. I was a 19-year-old boy, and it was just amazing to be standing on top of the podium and hearing the National Anthem in the background.

Winning an Olympic gold medal is like nothing else.

Winning Commonwealth gold was just totally unbelievable.

I am European Games champion now as well as Olympic champion, European champion, and world champion.

I've won the African Cup, I've won an Olympic gold medal. That says everything.

I have always wanted an Olympic medal. I always wanted to see India's national flag going up at the podium.

Nowadays a gold medal is a $1 million contract. Our athletes are our heroes.

I was ready in 2008 for the Olympic Games but unfortunately I missed the Kenyan trials with a thigh injury. I watched those Olympics but it was tough to watch. But it was good in the end because a Kenyan, Wilfred Bungei, was the champion.

People tell me an Olympic medal is a life-changing event. Except I don't even think about the medal unless someone asks about it.

I've never felt that I was less of an athlete or not accomplished athletically because I didn't win an Olympic medal. It's definitely something I would have liked to have added to my resume, but at the same time I think I can look back at my athletic career and feel that I was one of the best.

Badminton will gain momentum in a big manner after my win in Olympics. More players will participate in the game now.

I'm so over the moon that I have the opportunity to represent my country at a third Olympic Games.

Three events. Three gold medals. I was news, big news, in the sports world.

A gold medal at the Olympics is hard to top.

My dream is to get gold medal both in the world championship and the Olympics.

An Olympic medal is much better than a world record, and so is a world championship or Commonwealth Games medal.

Bringing a medal for the country is the biggest achievement, and that is why I am very happy.

I won my second Grand Slam in one year. That is the best year in my career.

I now have five major titles, and not many athletes can say that.

My dream is to have a medal from the Olympic Games, and I will do my best to have it.

It means a lot to notch my name in the sport and have my name among some of the greats.